2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
A minimal wake-vortex model explains formation flight of flapping birds
Olivia Pomerenk, Kenneth S. Breuer
Collective patterns of motion emerge across biological taxa: insects swarm, fish school, and birds flock. In particular, many large migratory bird species form distinctly ordered V…
physics.flu-dyn2025
The Three-Dimensional Velocity Field of Kinesin-Driven Microtubules in Torroidal Channels
Yi Fan, Kenneth Breuer
We study two regimes of flow in multiple three-dimensional toroidal channels by tracking the fluorescent spherical particles in the kinesin-driven microtubule systems: ``chaotic''…